PSN Top Sellers: October 2011 Edition

The numbers are in: It’s time to break down the Top 20 PSN games from October! Whether you’ve played them all or missed a game or two, we hope you’ll find this month’s numbers informative and interesting. This list tracks top games purchased, downloaded and installed; it does not track games given away as part of PlayStation Plus. With that, let’s get to the list!

In the chill of October, PSN gamers have been keeping warm with NBA JAM: On Fire Edition! But co-op bank robbery shooter PAYDAY: The Heist came in close (with a release in the later part of October as well), along with other new arrivals including Dungeon Defenders and Crysis. Also notable are the PS2 Classics that hit the Store with Odin Sphere and God Hand both cracking the top 20.

Which game was your favorite? Are there any titles you expected to make the cut for October but didn’t chart? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, and we’ll see you with the next Top 20 next month.

1. NBA Jam: On Fire Edition: He’s on fire! This all-new NBA Jam hit PSN in a big way, scoring the coveted top slot. Bigger rosters, legendary players, monster dunks and robust multiplayer support round out this arcade-style basketball classic.
2. PAYDAY: The Heist
3. Crysis4. Chrono Trigger: The launch of this beloved RPG on PSN led to it skyrocketing to the top five downloads for the month. All the more fitting as Square Enix’s “Winter of RPGs” is right around the corner with Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy V, and Final Fantasy VI releasing before the holidays.
5. Resident Evil 4
6. Angry Birds7. Dungeon Defenders: This online co-op tower defense action RPG made quite an impression on PS3 players. If you loved PixelJunk Monsters, give this bad boy a shot.
8. Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
9. From Dust
10. Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection
11. Saints Row 2
12. Resident Evil 2
13. Final Fantasy VII
14. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis15. Odin Sphere: The PS2 classic returns with a bang! Part of the Only On PSN promotion last month, this RPG found new life as players stepped into the middle of a war between five nations.
16. Burnout Crash!
17. Real Steel
18. Castle Crashers
19. God Hand
20. Battlefield 1943

NBA JAM On Fire Edition is a terrific piece of software, especially for the price–glad to see it’s selling well. Also, it’s sad to see the piss-poor PSOne version of Chrono Trigger is selling well when there’s several better versions of it available for other platforms.

I’m very interested in Dungeon Defenders, but not until one of two things happen: 1) price drop; or 2) addition of more single-player focused content.

i really wan t to get splinter cell trilogy from the psn store. then i sit here and think how long it takes for a simple game to download hours upon hours. i figured by the time splinter cell downloaded the ps4 will be out

I’m surprised Castlevania: Harmony of Despair even made it into the top 10. After Iga made that boneheaded decision to wait a full year for a PSN release, I just kind of figured only hardcore Castlevania fans would remember to pick it up.

1) How come the “Top Downloads” on PSN Store don’t reflect the top downloads here? For example, Street Fighter was number 1 there for pretty much all month, but it’s nowhere to be found here.
2) Any chance of doing a Top 20 online multiplayer games? Kinda like how they have it on XBox?

Wow, that’s the top 20 list? I spent almost $200 in October, and the only things on that list I own are Odin Sphere and Castle Crashers, and I didn’t buy Castle Crashers recently.
I’m sad that neither Beat Hazard Ultra nor Rocketbirds is up there.

I agree. All those fun indie games released this month, and not 1 makes it on this list. And there are so many re-releases on this list, I only count 8 of 20 that are actually original games and not re-released in some form.

Its kinda interesting that most of the “only on PSN” games that were so heavily promoted did not make the list…. such as Rochard, Sideway, Okabu, Pixeljunk sidescroller, and Infamous FOB…. shows people will still go and buy what they want, no matter how much you push certain ones, lol

Do any of us as gamers who buy and play games really care about how many units, downloads etc were most popular or sold x amount of copies ? I know I don’t…

This really comes off as another unneeded SONY commercial imho. Its pretty simple … I bought the product and like it so supply us with good product and we will continue to buy and enjoy it. Sales numbers aren’t going to pump me up to buy more product which is exactly how these kind of posts / reports come off regardless of what console it may be about.

Like thwip and several others have stated, it is sad that so few people are buying these newer psn games. Pixel Junk Shooter is a blast, and sideway NY is one of the best games ever released on psn. Any one reading this, do yourself a favor and download the demo. You get to play a full 2 levels in the demo, and if you don’t like the game after that, then you are not cool enough for me lol.

I just logged in to say this….. Square Enix u still don’t want to remake FF7….after so much time FF7 its one of the best sellers on PSN! Don’t that tell u something??? !!! Damn Sony give the last Push to SE so they do it!!! PLS!? and EXCLUSIVELY FOR PS3 ok??? Do not let what happened to FF13 again…..

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair should be included alot suckers like myself got it.
I liked Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and think they should kept it similar.
It’s completely different type game when back to it’s platformer roots but was very badly done.

Worst 10$ dollars i ever spent wish could get my money back on it.
I was disapointed removed from ps3 few days after purchase.

I can understand the other titles on their selling well but Castlevania: Harmony of Despair do not even get started what diskliked.